Vulnerability in Rocklobster Contact_form_7

CVE-2018-20979

The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20979?
CVE-2018-20979 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rocklobster Contact_form_7. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-20979?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20979 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.